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You know what's funny about this post? I'm painting my family room yellow tomorrow. That is, after reviewing thousands of swatches in every color of the spectrum. The rest of my house is mostly yellow so I thought, why not? I was left wondering what the heck took me so long to come to that conclusion, because ever since, I've been seeing yellow walls all over the place, and now this post! It must be a sign that I'm doing the right thing. Have a great day!

LOL! That squirrel photo cracked me up! :-) When you talk about yellow you are definitely speaking my language my friend. I have soft buttery yellow walls throughout a lot of my home and I love it! When you live in the Pacific NW it helps it feel bright and cheerful even when the rain is pouring...and pouring...and pouring. I think yellow sometimes gets a bad rap but I will always be loyal to my love of it! :-)Vanessa

Hi Courtney, Oh Yes, I have a lot of yellow in my home. Most of my walls are a shade of yellow. I love this color its so happy and brightens up the darkest of days. Pretty, Pretty photos..Have a sweet day and hugs, Elizabeth

These images are just beautiful, Courtney, but I love the picture of your bedroom the most! it is so warm and has a coziness about it.

I just finished up my family room with a pale lemon yellow on the walls. I was afraid I had made a mistake but it is so pretty, during the day when the sun is shining through and even at night, it glows. I'm very happy with it!

I love the warm glow of yellow. It's a tough color to pick right, though. We painted our kitchen a horrifyingly bright burn-your-retinas yellow, before having the paint guy help us pick the perfect creamy, buttery yellow. Gorgeous images! Thanks for sharing.

Your bedroom is one of my favorites ever. I'll always love the sofa in there! And, as far as the photo with the squirrels, when you said "why are there squirrels in in this room" I thought that was just very funny!

I feel so much better! I've never shown pics of my bedroom because it's (shhh) yellow and NOT white! Maybe I need to spruce it up and actually let it be seen....it's my husband's favorite color and he painted it himself because he was tired of all that white! LOL Those are so pretty and sunny! Thanks!Lorraine

I'm a fan of yellow! A few years ago I re-did a bedroom in yellow with pink roses. The yellow on the walls turned out brighter than expected, but I love the room. You can see it here: http://bluestarantiques.blogspot.com/2012/02/rose-is-rose.html

The images are gorgeous and your bedroom, oh so beautiful as the rest of your home. I too love yellow..My main floor is painted in SW Blonde, a subtle soft yellow...My bedroom is currently in the same color, however, thinking about painting it SW Silvermist, but will still have some pops of yellow...This will be done after I change out my bedding to PB Lewis Paisley..one of my 2012 projects...Yellow is my favorite color..it is such a Happy color!

Before seeing this post I would have said I am not such a fan of yellow - NOW?????????Gorgeous - and your bedroom is to die for Courtney - by far the nicest on your post.Oh and I would so love to own the sofa in the 3rd pic,lol

A little sunshine is never wrong.Yellow is one of the colors obviouslythis spring here in Norway too...such a energi boot isn't it? But for me I want only a little bit,here and there:)I'll look you up on pinterest right away!!!Tove:)

Lovely images. Especially the bedrooms! How I wish a bedroom makeover were in the budget!

I'm an interior painter and I once worked in a kitchen with yellow cabinets and trim. In fact it looked a lot like the kitchen in the picture. Sorry to say it was the ugliest kitchen I've ever seen. It might look pretty in pictures but in real life ... oy!

This was so fun, I think yellow is so happy and the rooms are truly inspirational. I just added a tad bit of yellow to my entry...maybe I need to brave up a little and add a tad bit more.Love your blog.

I have long-term love affair with yellow. I like the creamy buttercream all the way to bright clean yellow. I really hate mustard, brownish muddy yellows. I think your bedroom is beautiful, and I am in love with that sofa.

I am not much of a "yellow person" (maybe because that's my mother's favorite color), but all of these rooms look really beautiful. Anybody has any ideas for neutrals (beiges and light browns)? I will be moving into a new house in a couple of months, and I love the colors of the rooms as they are (mostly beiges and light browns with laminate flooring and beautiful GREEN walls in the kitchen with bright white cabinets and woodwork). It's just hard to come up with a concept for furnishings that would brighten the space short of refinishing all of my furniture in white. :-)

Courtney, the squirrels cracked me up! Even though your post was written over a year ago, I do love pale, pale yellow but I didn't want any yellow in my home after having a yellow kitchen for 8 years (it was the wrong shade of yellow) Don't know why I lived with it so long, guess it wasn't a priority to repaint the kitchen. I just redid my living room and wanted a soft pale cream so i chose Benjamin Moore linen sand. Guess what? It had yellow undertones and at first I didn't like it but now I love it! If I had painted my room a beige or taupe it would have been too much beige. It's a very soft color and really looks good for the coastal cottage look I was going for. Yellow is a great color in the right shade. Hope to link-up my new room on Friday. Love, love, love your bedroom!

I have never been a yellow person...just not my choice of color BUT now all of a sudden, I love it. I love all these pics. I wish I knew all of their brand names. I want to paint a room in my house yellow...not sure which one yet but definitely will go for it. Right now I am loving BM's Hawthorne Yellow but if you know of any other good ones, please share! Love your bedroom! So warm and cozy...

Glad to see recent comments to this lovely older post. I'm freshening up our home after 12 years and was going to have the bedroom and bath walls repainted in an aqua-blue for a coastal touch. But after reading this, I realized that my gorgeous buttercream walls which look so warm and inviting would be the sunshine backdrop to a touch of coastal decor. Our home falls into the warm English/French country decor with a touch of the sea thrown in! :)